3. Individualism is a strong predictor for %confirmed cases

Here we use %confirmed cases (\(log \frac{confirmed cases}{total population}\))as a measure to characterize the general severity of COVID-19 in a given country.

March 20th (Survey start date)

We find that after controlling for percent confirmed cases, individualism does not significantly predict social distancing behavior.

Comparison of models predicting social distancing behavior:

model 1 model 2 model 3
individualism 0.15 * 0.08  0.16 
(0.07)  (0.08) (0.10)
%confirmed cases (log)       3.89      
      (2.01)     
GDP per person (log)            -0.97 
           (4.66)
N 57      52     53    
R2 0.09   0.15  0.08 
*** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; * p < 0.05.

5. Individualism does not predicts % confirmed cases after controlling for behavior intentions and GDP.

Observations 52 (37 missing obs. deleted)
Dependent variable lg_percentConfirmed_latest
Type OLS linear regression
F(3,48) 43.75
0.73
Adj. R² 0.72
Est. 2.5% 97.5% t val. p VIF
(Intercept) -10.23 -11.59 -8.88 -15.15 0.00 NA
individualism -0.00 -0.01 0.00 -1.38 0.17 1.87
m_beh_distance 0.01 0.00 0.02 2.81 0.01 1.09
lg_gdp_perperson 1.42 1.10 1.74 8.91 0.00 1.76
Standard errors: OLS